6:11 PM.More than a quarter of the United States Senate has written to President Barack Obama calling for a crack-down on drug-buying bodies such as Pharmac in the TransPacific Partnership trade talks. Audio

6:22 PM.Unacceptably high rates of rheumatic fever, serious skin infections and respiratory illnesses among children in Porirua may prompt health authorities to spend an extra $365,000 to fix the problem. Audio